Good morning, Internet!
I see you’re back to learn more about spelling with your old pal, Ryan. It makes me very happy to see you here, because it makes me very sad to see easy words misspelled.
This lesson will focus on a set of words that are are similar in appearance, but are very different in application: Breath and Breathe.
Breath is a fairly easy word to spell, but it’s very common for people to forget that they need to add an E on the end when they want to use the word breathe instead. I see the word breath used instead of breathe all the time, so I’m going to teach you the difference between the two words.
The word breath is a noun. Breath is the air that is inhaled and exhaled during the act of respiration. Breathe, on the other had, is the verb for that action.
For example: Morning breath is gross, so brush your teeth before you breathe on anyone.
If for some reason you can’t remember which one is which, just remember that while the second E in breathe is silent, the first E makes a longer sound than the one in breath. If you hear the E as “eh” then you only have the one E. If it makes an “ee” sound, you’ll have to tack a second E on the end.
Hopefully you’ll take this lesson to heart. Already, getting this pet peeve off my chest is helping me breathe much easier.
Thanks for sitting in on today’s lesson, and be sure to tune in later for more spelling tips!